‘Godspell’ in Toronto: An oral history of the legendary 1972 production - The Washington Post
When Gilda Radner dated Martin Short. And was in a show with him. And Eugene Levy. And Andrea Martin. And Paul Shaffer. And other people who've gone on to great careers. Unreal.
Maren Morris is getting the hell out of country music - Los Angeles Times
Morris' feud with Jason Aldean and his wife over trans rights helped ignite Nashville's current culture wars. Now, she's kicking off a new chapter in her career.
People are streaming these songs out of spite. It’s not out of true joy or love of the music. It’s to own the libs. And that’s so not what music is intended for. Music is supposed to be the voice of the oppressed — the actual oppressed. And now it’s being used as this really toxic weapon in culture wars.
Why Successful People Probably Get Too Much Credit - Forge
I've long considered writing a book on failure. You learn more that way. And I've seen so many people lauded as experts for being in the right place at the right time by no choice of their own.
Guy Who Takes Photoshop Requests Literally Hilariously Strikes Again | 22 Words
A blend of everything from the serious & creative to the silly & absurd. Funny & fascinating viral content as well as more obscure pics, videos, & more.
Theodore Roosevelt on the Cowardice of Cynicism and the Courage to Create Rather Than Criticize – Brain Pickings
“The poorest way to face life is to face it with a sneer. There are many men who feel a kind of twisted pride in cynicism; there are many who confine themselves to criticism of the way others…
The Truth about How Creativity Really Works – The Mission – Medium
"Paul McCartney gave up some creative liberty by collaborating with John Lennon, but the benefits made up for it." ALSO: "In order to maintain a high capacity for independent action, you have to constantly destroy your existing conceptual system and resynthesize from the constituent parts."
"When Abraham Lincoln was 33 years old, he gave a speech inside a Presbyterian church to a temperance society. His message: The assembled ought to be nicer to drinkers and sellers of alcohol, rather than shunning them, or denouncing them as moral pestilences. Indeed, they ought to use “kindly persuasion,” even if a man’s drunkenness had caused misery to his wife, or left his children hungry and naked with want. For people are never less likely to change, to convert to new ways of thinking or acting, than when it means joining the ranks of their denouncers."
